ASPEN Podcasts

This podcast is on discharge planning and nutrition interventions post discharge for patients with malnutrition. In this podcast, we present 2 patient cases, one where the discharge planning goes well and one that needs improvement. Important tips on transitions of care essentials are discussed.

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August 2023

This video features Dr. Ben D. Albert, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Associate in Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Albert credits the mentorship from ASPEN's past president Nilesh Mehta, MD for sparking his interest in nutrition during his time as a critical care fellow. He hopes to educate and inspire young physicians in this same way—through encouragement to participate in research and presentations and by inspiring with hands-on technology at the patient's bedside.

As a researcher in pediatric critical care nutrition, Dr. Albert shares his experience in how a tiny fellow project can snowball into a larger project that maps out the next five to ten years of his career. He strongly encourages involvement in ASPEN and going to national meetings to get inspired and make connections. He joined the abstract review committee and research subcommittee when he was a junior faculty and has been involved with ASPEN ever since, now serving as a member of the physician engagement committee and the associate editor for JPEN. He describes the goal of involvement in ASPEN as being something that doesn’t feel like extra work because you enjoy doing it so much and encourages others to get involved.

Physician Spotlight is a forum for outstanding Senior Leaders, Young Rising Stars, and International Colleagues in the field of nutrition to discuss important topics and ideas that impact patient care. Visit the ASPEN Physician Community at www.nutritioncare.org/physicians

August 2023

This podcast is on Indications for enteral nutrition in patients with cancer. These recommendations come from the ASPEN document When is EN indicated? Published in JPEN in 2022.

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August 2023

In this podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr Jeanette Hasse interviews Dr. Jose Pimiento, the corresponding author of the paper, “Long-term nutrition alterations after surgery for gastrointestinal cancer” published in the August 2023 issue of Nutrition in Clinical Practice. Dr. Pimiento is an Associate Professor of GI Surgical Oncology and the Director or the Surgical Inpatient Services at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL.

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August 2023

This video features Dr. John C. Alverdy, Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Alverdy’s interest in nutrition began during his research time at the University of San Francisco. There, he recognized the tremendous impact of nutrition support on the recovery of trauma patients and their outcomes.

Dr. Alverdy received the 2023 George Blackburn Research Mentorship Award. He recalls his own mentors such as Dr. Doug Wilmore and Dr. George Blackburn in the 80s and early 90s. Through these mentors, he was inspired to study nutrition as a key measure in patient care.

He discusses the benefits of multidisciplinary teams in nutrition research and the importance of asking the right research questions among your team. When asked about words of wisdom, Dr. Alverdy advises designing your career over your job. If someone is committed to becoming a clinician scientist, it is important to put yourself in a place where you can do the work that will make a clinical impact. Choose your first job carefully that will set yourself up for a great career, know what you want, and ask questions never asked before.

Physician Spotlight is a forum for outstanding Senior Leaders, Young Rising Stars, and International Colleagues in the field of nutrition to discuss important topics and ideas that impact patient care. Visit the ASPEN Physician Community at www.nutritioncare.org/physicians

July 2023

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Dr. Bridget Hron, pediatric gastroenterologist and clinical scientist from the Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School and first author of “Effect of blenderized tube feeds on gastric emptying: a retrospective cohort study” published in the July 2023 issue of JPEN.\

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July 2023

This video features Dr. Matthew L. Bechtold, Professor of Medicine, Director of Endoscopy, and Director of GI Ambulatory Services at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He’s also the co-chair of the ASPEN enteral nutrition committee. Dr. Bechtold was a mid-level associate professor when he became more interested in nutrition. This led him to pursue the Nestlé nutrition fellowship in 2013, and subsequently became involved in ASPEN.

Dr. Bechtold credits ASPEN for the expansion of his initially small nutrition network. He now has a long list of nutrition contacts to rely on when he needs to discuss challenging cases. He highly recommends young physicians to join ASPEN committees to grow, network, and find mentors. He shares how ASPEN mentors have helped him with his own research and offers to do the same with others.

Physician Spotlight is a forum for outstanding Senior Leaders, Young Rising Stars, and International Colleagues in the field of nutrition to discuss important topics and ideas that impact patient care. Visit the ASPEN Physician Community at www.nutritioncare.org/physicians

June 2023

In this podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr Jeanette Hasse interviews Dr Marion Winkler and Dr Kelly Tappenden, authors of the paper, “Epidemiology, survival, costs, and quality of life in adults with short bowel syndrome” published in the June 2023 Nutrition in Clinical Practice Supplement on short bowel syndrome. Dr Winkler is a Professor of Surgery, at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Surgical Nutrition Specialist at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence RI. Dr Tappenden is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago and as of July 1, will be the Dean of the College of Health at the University of Utah.

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June 2023 SUPPLEMENT

This video features Dr. Justine M. Turner, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Divisional Director of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the University of Alberta in Canada. Dr. Turner’s interest in nutrition stemmed from her original interest in Gastroenterology. Looking back, she felt there was a lack of nutrition education in her medical training, which she only realized once she began to pursue her PhD in nutrition. She notes there are too few physicians with PhDs in nutrition.

Dr. Turner spends 40% of her time on research and 35% on clinical practice. Currently, she runs a translational animal lab looking at growth factors for adaptation, TPN lipids, and enteral nutrition in short bowel syndrome. In her clinical practice, Dr. Turner deals mostly with Celiac disease and gluten free diet while her inpatient service looks after solid organ and intestinal transplant patients. She highlights that nutrition is integrated in everything that she does. She also shares her insights on the differences between the delivery of healthcare in Australia and Canada and how each were affected during the Covid-19 pandemic.

She insists that there is no better home for her interests than ASPEN. It has provided her with incredible opportunities to collaborate, present her data, and receive recognition for her work. ASPEN is also a reliable place for her students to learn and grow. She has served on the ASPEN research committee and currently serves as the Chair of the Publication Education Committee. Dr. Turner has three pieces of advice for junior faculty: find multiple mentors, be adaptable, and to say “yes” to be on committees or societies.

Physician Spotlight is a forum for outstanding Senior Leaders, Young Rising Stars, and International Colleagues in the field of nutrition to discuss important topics and ideas that impact patient care. Visit the ASPEN Physician Community at www.nutritioncare.org/physicians

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Dr. Mark Klang, core manager of research pharmacy for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and author of “Developing guidance for feeding tube administration of oral medications” published in the May 2023 issue of JPEN.

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May 2023